(Continued from last Week)
NOW, the scoffers who had
smiled in that superior
fashion when the Spinoza in-
cident was mentioned, are de-
monstrating to a thoroughly
incensed world how they re-
act under similar conditions.
They do not offer pensions
for voluntary outward con-
formity; the choice lies be-
tween untruthful denial of
base practices or even eulog-
izing those barbaric practices
or death. The result is whole-
sale slaughter.

SYNAGOGUES that contain
a five thousand year old
culture are being transform-
ed into "cultural" clubs here
the ignorant; spitefuJ'work-
ingman may play checkers.
(if he is intellectually inclin-
ed or imbibe "VODKA" while
gloating over the masterful
trick he played on the "su-
perstitious fools." Ruthless
domination, wholesale slaugh-
ter, dictatorial censoring of
the press, personal govern-
ment guidance of distinguish-
ed visitors to Russia lest they
see what they ought and must
not see, and bitter, determin-
ed persecution-these are the
arts the social Messiahs of the
Soviet contemporary govern-
ments. According to the laws
of the capitalistic countries
the corpse may be disposed of
by the surviving relatives as
they see fit. Not so with the
enlightened Soviet, that is all
powerful even. with the dead.
In conformity with its highly
lauded humaneness it has
lately decreed that all corpses
must be cremated.
What shall the millions of
Jewish inhabitants do, whose
religion enjoins them to bury
their dead? What shall other
millions do, who believe, fool-
ishly, if you will, that they
are profaning the bodies of
their beloved ones by offer-
ing them up to the fire? The
answer is: you are to have
no religion and the will of the
State supersedes any and all
foolish sentimentalities. Burn
the bodies or you are traitors
to the cause. (Cause, is spelt
with a capital C).

THE only thrust that would
probably hurt the omnis-
cient radicals and puncture
their self-inflated importance,
I believe, would be to display
their lack of originality. And
in this last practice, too, that
of not permitting the burying
of the dead they are exhibit-
ing a woeful lack of original-
ity. For long before the exalt-
ed era of Kari Marx, Ferdi-
nand Lassalle aid and Lenin,
back in the year 235 ignorant
Magi and the entire Ahuram-
zada and Ahriman worship-
ping neo-persians forbade the
Jews to bury their dead, be-
cause they considered that
Spent Aramaita or Holy soil
would be polluted if corpses
were placed in her.
What a calamitous disaster!
Religious baiting intellectuals,

SLadies Auxiliary And the
Sponsors Masque
Ball Next Week

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Associate
Judge of the Supreme Court of the
United States, almost 90 years ol'.
who administered the oath of office t,
Chief Justice Hughes.

Beach Rabbi to
Preach Farewell
Sermon Friday
Rabbi Samuel Yalow who
has been Rabbi of Congrega-
tion Beth Jacob of Miami
Beach for the past three
months will preach at the last
Friday night service to be
conducted at the Beach this
season on Friday, March 14th,
when he will deliver a sermon
on "Purim." This will be his
farewell sermon for the sea-
son as he leaves on Monday
morning to resume his duties
as, Rabbi of Congregation
Beth Hamidrosh Hagodol, and
Congregation Linas Hatzedek,
both of Syracuse, N. Y., from
which he had been away of
furlough. On Saturday morn-
ing both Rabbi Yallow and
Rabbi Marcus of Boston will
speak.

To My Way of
Thinking
by
Rabbi Israel H. Weisfeld

will be "How a Jew Benaves
Russian Fish Im- in the World." Religious
school will be held at 9:50 a.
portation Forbid- m. Sunday.
den In Warsaw Purim Services

WARSAW-The local Rab- Are Held Here

binate consisting of all the
Rabbis of Warsaw, the capi-
tal city of Poland are plan-
ning to place a ban on the im-
portation and use of fish
brought from Russia which is
used by local Jewry. This is
in retaliation for the religious
persecutions by the Russian
Soviet authorities. The pro-
clamation of the ban awaits
final action by the Soviet au-
thorities in the matter of the.
Minsk Rabbis.

Man Hangs on
Sign All Night

An elderly man dressed in
overalls, stout shoes, two
sweaters and a heavy blue
shirt hung on top of a large
sign at the corner of Linden
Boulevard and East 58th St.,
Brooklyn, until a policeman's
attention was directed to it.
Hundreds of automobiles pass
this corner every hour and yet
none noticed the dead body
until hours later.

forerunners of an enlighten-
ed, glorious epoch imitating
the practices of obscure, fana-
tic ministers to a Fire God!

Special Purim services were
held ,at Beth David Synago-
gue, Miami, and Congregation
Beth Jacob, Miami Beach. The
"Megillah" was read, and the
Thursday night services at
Beth David were featured by
addresses by Rabbi Israel H.
Weisfeld and Rabbi Marcus,
of Boston, Mass., the latter
making an eloquent appeal for
the "Ezras Torah" Fund. On
Friday morning the regular
services for Purim will be con-
ducted at both Synagogues.

MORE THAN ONE MAN IN
THIS TOWN KEEPS IS RE-
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The Ladies Auxiliary of
Beth David Talmud Torah
will sponsor a huge masquer-
ade and Civic Purim Ball at
the Womens Club next Tues-
day evening, March 18th
when the Florida Pirates will
furnish the dance music and
a large number of entertain-
ers contributed by the various
night clubs of the city will
appear to entertain the
guests.
The proceeds of the Ball
will be devoted to the upkeep
of the Talmud Torah scholar-
ship Fund which provides for
the maintenance and tuition
of the poor children who at-
tend the daily Talmud Torah.
The committee in charge
consists of Mrs. Dave Kahn as
chairman, and she is being as-
sisted by Mesdames S. Fut-
terfass, Cecil Tannenbaum,
Mrs. Van Gelder, Beatrice
Tannenbaum, S. Abenson, M.
Rippa and Wm. Friedman.
The cake booth will be man-
ned by Mrs. M. Rippa, Mrs. S.
Swartz, M. Rappaport and
others, and the liquid refresh-
ments will be in charge of
Mrs. Max Kupferstein.

Dr. Kaplan Speaks
at Purim Service
Celebration of the Feast of
Purim by Jewish people of
Miami, a semi-religious holi-
day, began Thursday.
Services will be held at
Temple Israel at 8:15 p. m.
Friday, with Rabbi Jacob H.
Kaplan in charge. His topic
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Council of Jewish
Women Prepares
For Election Soon

At the meeting of the Mi-
ami Chapter of the Council
of Jewish Women the follow-
ing nominating committee was
appointed to bring in nomina-
tions for the officers for the
next term. Mrs. Harry Oli-
phant, chairman, and Mes-
dames J. A. Richter, M. S.
Rubin, Francis Rosenbaum
and C. Press.
Donations were made to the
following institutions: $10 to
the Southeastern Branch of
the Florida Children's Home;
$25 to the Denver Home for
Consumptives; and $25 to the
Denver Home for Consump-
tive children.
Mrs. P. Scheinberg on last
Thursday visited all Jewish
sick at the Jackson Memorial
Hospital and brought flowers
and gifts on behalf of the
Council.

High Sehol Club
Chooses Officers

On last Thursday the Jew-
ish club of Miami High school
was organized under the name
of "Sinai Club" and quite a
splendid response was had at
the first call: Temporary of-
ficers were selected who will
serve until a permanent elec-
tion of officers is held. The
following were chosen: Milton
Friedman, president; Sam
Silver, vice president; Isadore
Neham, secretary, Shirley
Hanson, treasurer, and Sol
Levin, Frederick K. Shochet,
and Rose Cromer on the exec-
utive board. Miss Jacobs of
.the Faculty is the school
sponsor for the club, and Rab-
bi Weisfeld is actively aiding
the organization. A program
is now being arranged for a
series of constructive work
which will be carried on by
the organization during the
coming year.

Young Peoples
League Begins
The Young Peoples League
recently organized has already
begun to function by elect-
ing the following Executive
Board which will govern its
affairs. Rabbi I, H. Weisfeld,
Ex Officio; Louis Heiman,
chairman of the League and
its Executive board; Mrs. Sol
Lutsky, Dr. A. E. ,Rosenthal,
Sol Burke, and Miss .Lena
Weinkle members of the Exe-
cutive board. The purposes of
the League are to foster, 1st
Study and discussion of Jew-
ish history, Literatire and
Music; 2nd Discussion of Jew-
ish current events; 3rd Jew-

"Old Soak," the parrot brought
from the Philippines by Secretary of
State Stimson, greets former Presi-
dent Coolidge at Santa Catalina,
Island. California.

Purim To Be Lav-
ishly Observed

The Ladies Auxiliary of
Beth David Talmud Torah
will be the hosts of the child-
ren attending the Beth David
Talmud Torah and Sunday
school in the auditorium of'
the Talmud Torah next Sun-
day afternoon at 2:30 p. m.
when an old fashioned Purim
party will be held. Prizes for
the most original costumes
will be awarded to those at-
tending in masquerade.
Games will be played and
refreshments will be served.
The children have been invit-
ed to bring their friends. The
teachers of the Sunday school
will be in charge and will be
assisted by a committee re-
presenting the Ladies Auxil-
iary.
On Next Sunday, March 16,
from 3 to 5 P. M. the Sister-
hood of Temple Israel will be
hosts at a Purim Masquerade
Party to the children attend-
ing its Sunday school. Prizes
for the best costumes will be
awarded and refreshments
will be served. All friends and
visitors are urged to attend
and no admission fee of any
kind will be charged. This is
an annual event given to the
Sunday school children by the
Sisterhood.
Among the events schedul-
ed for the celebration of Pur-
im are the Purim Entertain-
ment to be given by the school
board of the Workmens Cir-
cle at the Vorkmens Circle
hall, next Sunday morning,
March 16th, at 10 A. M. when
an elaborate entertainment
has been arranged for the
children. In addition there will
be refreshments served.
Monday. evening next will
witness a Purim party at the
Palm Room of the Granada
Apartments which will be
sponsored by the Junior Had-
assah. A debate on "Is the
Haman-tash better than the
dough-nut" will be presented
respectively by the Misses
Hannah Mack and Reba Eng-
ler. Others who will take part
in the program are: Selma
Merson, Sadie Silverstein,
Sarah Kahn, Sylvia Katz,
Veeda Cromer, Minnie Blanck
and Irene Farr. Prizes will be
awarded and refreshments
will be served.

ish Debates and Symposiums;
and 4th Book reviews of con-
temporary Jewish authors.
The Young Peoples Lague
will meet every 1st and 3rd
Wednesday in the month at
the Talmud Torah Auditon-
ium at 8:15 p. m. o'clock.

THE JEWISH FLORIDIAN

SFriday, March 14, 1930

PURIM

EDISON
Think for a minute of what one
man, still active in his 84th year, has
done to change the world in a single
lifetime. He made the telephone a
practical instrument. He invented
the incandescent light. He invented
the phonograph. He invented the
motion picture. Imagine a world
without those inventions. It is im-
possible, except to those whose
memories, like my own, go back to
the time when Edison was known
only as the inventor of the multi-
plex telegraph.
SNow he has found a way to get
rubber out of goldenrod, not as a
commercial product but as a war
reserve resource. And he is still
working.
"A man can't die so long as he
keeps busy," he told me once.
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MUSIC
Good music is increasing in pop-
ularity, but there are more musi-
cians out of work than ever before.
We are getting our music more and
more by mechanical methods of re-
production.
First the phonograph, then the
radio, now the sound motion pictures,
have brought the very best music,
played and sung by the highest grad
of musical talent, within rear. of
everybody. The largest piano com-
pany in America went-into bank-
ruptcy recently. Pianos are still
sold, and always will be. There will
always be youngsters with talent
coming along to produce the good
music of tomorrow. And there are
more "freak" instruments being sold
than ever-saxophones, ukeleles and
the like. There are probably more
first-class singers of American birth
and training, appearing in public
now than ever before. But the sec-
ond-rate and hopelessly third-rate
musicians no longer command audi-
ences. The American people have
.developed a higher taste in music.

RUBBER
Rubber gets its name because its
first use was to rub out pencil
marks. The Spanish conquistadores
found Mexican and Brazilian c',;1-
dren playing with balls of this .i-
culiar gum, but it was three hundred
years before it became a commercial
product. Mackintosh, the Scotr'
man, used it first to watcrloof
cloth; Goodyear, the American,
found how to take the stickiness out
while retaining the elasticity.
A very small amount of commer-
cial rubber is grown in the United
States, in California and Arizona,
where it is produced from the
guayule shrub. Most of it comes
from the East Indies and South
America. Harvey Firestone is plant-
ng a million acres to rubber trees
in Liberia, Africa. Unskilled cheap
labor is necessary to keep the price
of rubber down. A difference of
50 cents a pound in the price of
crude rubber may mean a difference
bf $10 in the price of automobile
tires.
The next step will be the discov-
ery of a method of reclaiming old
rubber and using it again.
LAWS
It ought to be apparent IDv tliio
Time that the effort to iaike p).o(:,'
good by passing laws ik a failure.
The other day a judge in New York
entered a young woman to prison
life He had no option; it was
r Conviction for larceny
er the Baumes law a fourth
f r must be locked up until he
E dIe aThat Isn't going to do
or society any good. The
wh n Something could have
About her case was when
waS a child. She grew up with-
luad.r without moral sense,
out ay feeling of responsibil-
osly reason we put people in
.oao execute them is because
we are omld of them. Our prison
population has doubled in twenty
years. As we grow more prosper-
ous we become more afraid of the
uprosperous. It might be a good
plan to spend S much money trying
to keep people out of prison as we
upend now to keep them in it.

It is to be regretted that
Purim as a holiday should
hold such scant meaning for
the present generation of
Jews and Jewesses. Until
within the past year or two,
it had lost even the value at-
taching to it of the merest
traditional interest. With the
general revival, however, in
matters Jewish, which seems
to be the distinguishing mark
o these latter days, a renew-
ed desire has come on the
part of Jews to restore to
their lives some of the ideals
and traditions cherished with
such love and loyalty by their
forefathers. There are still
many among us who can re-
call the annual recurrence of
Purim among the Jews as the
merriest and quaintest of
holidays, given over to feast-
ing and jollity as well as to
practical philanthropy among
the poor of their race. And
truly wonderful in its inspira-
tion to joyous well-doing is
this feast day of Purim. We,
who are so little versed in our
Bibles that the Book of Esther
passes current among us as
so much historical record to
be shelved with thA rest of
ancient tradition, should bring
into requisition our abilities
as inveterate novel-readers,
and merely as an experiment
apply our minds to the per-
usal of this book as we should
to a bit of modern fiction.
From a literary point of view
alone the result would be
found to be more than ample
reward for the unusual exer-
cise.

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figure in a court bristling
Out of the Gynaeceum* at- with conspiracy against the
tached to the royal palace at king, rife with intrigue and
Susa issues a maiden fairer jealousy, soaring ambition,
than the dawn. Wondrously and s el f aggrandizement.
beautiful with that inner light Back of the devoted pair of
and glow suffusing face and royal lovers, amidst crafty
form that emanate into fear statesmen and ministers,
and trembling. Who in all this priests, warriors, henchmen,
wide domain but would trem- and attendants, loom the fig-
ble at the summons of the ures of Mordecai and Haman,
great Artaxerxes, wisest and Jew and Pagan, pitted against
bravest of Persian monarchs ? each other in an unequal con-
But only for one moment- test. Like unto our own day
then across the marble courts, and times were the rise to
whose glittering parterres power and the fall of men in
and perfumed fountains dazz- past ages. Like also unto the

le the sight and intoxicate the
senses, moves the girlish fig-
ure white as her virgin vest-
ments of filmy gauze, palpi-
tating as the pearls that clasp
at girdle and shoulder, and
lie even upon the tiny white-
sandalled feet. Such is Hadas-
sah, niece of Mordecai, chosen
by the royal ambassadors to
be inmate of the House of
Virgins until such time as she
may appear before the king.
A slight push from her at-
tendant, and she stands alone,
within the hush and stillness
of the royal presence, under
the dreamy gaze of the mon-
arch, who sits in self-imposed
solitude upon his throne. Who
shall say what it is that
draws human souls one to the
other? Or who can define its
power when once its spell has
been established over heart
and mind ? Most potent power,
most magical of spells, that
has imparted to the unknown
Jewish maiden loveliness so
transcendent, guilelessness of
soul so noble and perfect that
all else of beauty and virtue
pales into insignificance,
fades and seems as nothing
beside hers. Before the simple
majesty of this virgin pres-
ence the king has been van-
quished in the man, and Had-
assah has become for him
"Esther the Beautiful,"
Queen Royal over his heart
and life, as she is destined to
be queen throughout his en-
tire reign over the affairs of
the vast Persian empire.
*House of the Women.
*
A loving wife, yet fearing
neither frown nor displeasure
of her lord, so long as her
heart and conscience absolve
her of thought of evil, Queen
Esther moves, the central

of wisdom and worldly cares
and, donning the gay attire o
jester and harlequin, wit
quip and crank, bring merr
ment to the family circle
cause smiles of wondermen
and cheerful.laughter to chas
away gloom and fear. For, a
Israel has ever been guard
and protected in the past, s
it will be again, when ignor
ance and materialism wil
have departed, and opened
the way for soulful devotion
to its mission of love and jus
tice and peace to all humanity

intrigue of modern courts was
the intrigue of ancient days
in the courts of the Persian
kings. Scene after scene, shif-
ting and changing, discloses
Mordecai defamed, disgraced,
hated, and threatened, while
Haman, his arch-enemy, hater
of the Jews, and plotting
against them, gloats over his
downfall. A step onward in
the march o ftime and presto!
behold Mordecai arrayed in
purple and ermine, mounted
upon a richly caparisoned
steed from the royal stables,
"the man whom the king de-
lighted to honor;" and his
herald compelled to proclaim
him throughout the streets-
none other than Haman de-
feated, cursing his ill-starred
plans, and vowing eternal ven-
gence upon the man and his
race. Again the scene changes.
A whole race doomed to cruel
death and extermination thru
the unscrupulous ambition
and evil inciting of a Zeresh
(wife of Haman); the same
race raised from out of its
despair and anguish, from the
direst of fates by the simple
courage and unselfish devo-
tion of an Esther. Plot and
counterplot, character plastic
and human as is the human
character of all ages; love,
hate, ambition, loyalty to race
and faith, merged and blended
into one dramatic theme,
gathered into one thrilling,
graphic narrative, affording
endless food for thought for
tender hope, for unquestion-
ing trust in the God of Israel.
Is it any wonder that the
practice of reading the Me-
gillah, or Chronicle of Esther,
has been maintained by count-
less generations of Jews?
What is religion, if it does not
stir the soul to pay tribute to
heroic deeds whose springs of
action lie in faith and reliance
upon the love and wisdom of
God, the Creator of man and
the universe? How better evi-
dence one's homage to a wo-
man in whose heart glowed
the fire of a holy purpose than
by recounting, year -after
year, the story of a nation's
travail and its salvation of a
queen, faithfullest of the
daughters of Israel? Well may
Purim be called carnival time
for the Jews-time when they
may lay anxieties and bur-
dens aside, divest themselves

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EDITORIAL STAFF
J. LOUIS SHOCHET
A CHOCHOM
BEN DOROM
A. N. ASHER

MERRY PURIM

Two little girls were over-
heard .the other day in con-
versation. From the questions
and answers of the one it was
evident that she lived in Jew-
ish surroundings, in an at-
mosphere that fosters the
Jewish home life, with its
love of tradition and respect
for the Law. The other, it will
be seen at once, had been rear-
ed-as so many of our child-
ren as reared nowadays-
with but faint knowledge of
the history of her race and
with absolutely none as re-
gards her present duty to her
religion. She was Jewish by
birth, of that she was certain,
as children somehow are cer-
tain of facts and circum-
stances connected with their
lives not specially dilated up-
on by their elders.
"Are you going to dress up
next 'Saturday ?"
"Dress up next Saturday!
Certainly; don't I dress every
day ?"
"0, I don't mean that. I
mean, are you going to dress
up especially, with masks and
faces and costumes and fancy
dress, as we do?"
"Why, I never heard any-
thing about it. Who said we
should ?"
"Nobody said so specially,
only we always do, every year.
Why, we're going to have
Ruth, Rebecca, Esther, Geo.
Washington, Napoleon, Julius
Caesar, Martha Washington,
Empress Josephine, Hypatia,
and-and ever so many oth-
ers."
"You don't say so! That
will be fun! Tell me about it.
Who's going to make the
dresses for you?"
"0, we make them our-
selves. You mustn't suppose
they are very grand. We don't
mind the stuff they're made
of; it's just the fun of being
somebody different, and let-
ting papa and mama and all
the company guess who we
are."
"But what's it all about-
anybody's birthday party or
anniversary ?"
"Why, no; it's Purim. Did-
n't you ever hear of Purim?"
"No; who's he ?"
"Didn't you ever hear any-
thing about Purim? Never
heard about Mordecai and Ha-
man and Queen Esther, and
how they hanged Haman on
the very gallows he had built
for Mordecai? Don't you go
to Sunday school?"
"No; mamma says I could-

n't understand what they
teach in Sunday school."
"0, well, maybe not. Then
I'll tell you."
And the surprised little
girl, who could not quite con-
ceive such ignorance, gave a
very good account, colored by
a child's vivid imagination, of
the story of Esther as it is
written in the Bible, to which
her companion listened with
breathless interest. "And my
mamma says," the narrator
concluded, "that this is one
of the happiest holidays for
the Jews."
"Well, of course," assented
the other. "Do you think, if I
tell my mamma all about it,
she'll let me have a party ?"
"0, you needn't have a
party this year. Come to my
house. We're going to have
lots of fun; and you can help
me give away my Purim mon-
ey, too."
"What's that ?"
"It is not much, only a
quarter apiece to give away
to the poor. It's our Purim
money."
"0," sighed the much be-
wildered and partly enlight-
ened child, "I do wish mamma
would tell me about every-
thing, and let me go to Sun-
day school."
And so do we, For of all
pitiable children these help-
less, rich Jewish waifs, who
are shut out from the sweet-
est pleasures of life through
the narrow-minded, bigotry
and ignorance of their irrelig-
ious and quasi-cultured par-
ents, are most to be com-
miserated.
Let the imagination dwell
for a second on the pretty
sight it would make, if Jewish
children throughout every
land could reach out and touch
each other's hands on this
royally festive day of Purim,
could see the merry, dancing
light in each other's eyes, and
know it to be the reflection
of joy and pride in their beau-
tiful ancestress, whose nobil-
ity and true womanhood sav-
ed a whole people from death.
What a beautiful circle it
would form upon the earth's
surface, and how their happy
laughter and sweet gayety
would amuse, and brighten,
and even glorify this steadily
revolving old world of ours!
Perhaps the circle is already
forming-who knows? Shall
not we on this side help it
along by wishing each other
this year a merry Purim, with
all its pleasures and all its
kindliness, all its tender mem-
ories and beautiful, helpful
traditions? A merry, merry,
joyous Purim!
Three Things
Until you came
I did not know
One heart could love
Another so.

[ didn't know
Until you stayed
that joy could so
Make one 'fraid.

And when you left
My heart was told
low great a sorrow
It could hold.,
*
"LaGuardia," says a Wash-
ngton writer, "is still probab-
y the most independent of I
he most independent of the
representatives Let's see-
hat makes the alignment the ]
)ld Guardia, the Young C
,uardia and LaGuardia.

CHASER

A Tip They also charge
who only stand and wait.
*
Never tell a girl she looks
sweet enough to kiss. Actions
speak louder than words.

It sometimes happens that
the bride is the best man at
the wedding.
More than half the time
when a woman tells a secret
some man is at the bottom of
it.
*
"Before giving you a final
answer," said Priscilla, with
a blush, "I must refer you to
father."
"But, my angel," he whisp-
ered "I am perfectly willing to
take you without a reference."
*4
It's easy to convince your-
self that your troubles are
greater than those of other
people.

Mother Eve may have in-
vented temptation, but men
have monopolized it ever
since.
*
Hands
I had a vision of hands,
Haunting and weird, like
the dead;
Human hands, groping in
need;
Hungry hands, reaching
for bread.

Out of the darkness they
came,
And they appeared unto me
Armless and bodiless hands,
Thrust from a turbulent
sea.

Hands of strong men in
despair,
Eager and anxious to moil,
Willing hands, knotted and
worn,
Asking just bread for their
toil.

Hands of the gaunt and the
weak,
Of underfed mothers who
sigh,
Holding wee babes that are
stirved
To loose, shrunken breasts
that are dry.

Ghastly and impotent hands,
Frantically clutching the
air,
While through the finger
escape
Long-cherished visions, and
fair.

Hands of all nations there
were,
Of each race and color and
creed;
Few, very few, clasped in
love--
Myriads snatching in greed,
These are the hands that I
saw--
Ominous hands in the
night,,
Reaching for more, ever
more,
Grasping the scepter of
might.

Circulation
Cars and chauffeurs,
Records and books;
Boats and pilots,
Costumes and cooks;

Maids and dress suits,
Pictures and plants;
Hats and silver,
Jew'lry and pants;

Chairs and nurses,
Flowers and rugs;
Palms and waiters,
Typists and tugs;

Halls and hearses, ,
Pianos and trays;
Clocks and parlors,
Mag'zines and drays;

Masks and machines,
Dishes and lamps;
Gloves and escorts,,
And small boys' camps;

Pen and paper,
Collars and cuffs;
Coats and toppers,
And Elizabeth ruffs;

Shoes and undies,
Linens and wigs;
Stoves and music,
Horses and rigs;

Borrowed and used
In each vocation,,
Again and again-
Circulation.

Wise fish begin business on
a small scale.
*
Some people seem to be
tireless in making others
tired.
*
About all the average re-
former does when he gets
Lusy is talk.
*
Ten men out of ten either
have too much money or not
enough.
Anyway, the world owes
every man an opportunity to
make a living.

When a girl tells you that
she can't sing let it go at
that; it's ten to one she is
telling the truth.

Mayor Jimmy Walker says
he can see no difference be-
tween a horse race and the
stock market. He's 'way
wrong there. When your
horse drops back a little you
don't have to put up more
margin.
"I don't think we'll go
the Jones' party. It's ratl
too mixed."
"Another thing, too we
haven't been invited."
*
"How's business, Abie?"
"Oi, terrible! Even dose vot
don't pay ain't buying noth-
ing!"
*
The minister was being held
up by highwaymen. "My dear
misguided brothers," he said.
"I might have some money to
give you if I only had such
energetic, persuasive fellows
as you o pass the plate at my
church."
*

Before marriage a man
yearns for a woman. After
marriage the "y" is silent.

First Flapper "I had a
date with an explorer last
night."
Second Ditto-"That's all I
ever have dates with."
*
A teacher asked her kids
why the Statue of Liberty is
surrounded by H20. Most of
the kids were stumped by the
question but bright little Wil-
lie volunteered an answer.
"I bet the reason is that
when she stuck up her right
hand the mean old teacher
said "No."
*d
She-When we get to the
hotel, dearest, let's try not to
look as though we've just
been married.
He Good idea, darling.
You carry the suitcase.

The Prestidigitateur Ha,
ha! Didn't know you had all
the money in your whiskers,
did you ?
Mr. Longbrush-Yes, I did.
I hid that money there so my
wife wouldn't find it in my
pockets. Hand it over.

Neverwed-What's the big
idea-letting the old whiskers
sprout?
Homebody-It's my wife's
idea. She thought if the baby
had something to play with
while I'm holding him it would
keep him quiet so she could
sleep.

Jane Mercy! Did your
watch stop when it hit the
floor, Hi?
Hiram Oates Sure, Jane.
Did you think it was going
through the floor?

Judge Madam, you say
your husband left you .two
months ago. What is his busi-
ness?
Wife-He's a plumber.
Judge-Well, be patient;
for surely there's a chance
that he will have the leak fix-
ed in another month or so.

The Senior-Professor Let-
terkink is very broadminded,
don't you think?
The Sophomore Yes, I've
always considered him rather
thick witted.
*
Constable Fish Here's a
Sabbath breaker I have just
apprehended.
Jailer Goodspeed-The jail
is full, but I can free a house-
breaker and put this mis-
creant in his cell.
*
The Editor-What's wrong
with our report? I wrote it
myself and said that you, be-
ing considered the fittest
member, were elected presi-
dent of your-club.
Mrs. Ponderous-The paper
Says "the fattest member."
*
"The Talkie has come to
stay," says John Gilbert. A
man might say this of an im-

pending visit from his moth-
er-in-law.

The Globe informs all and
sundry that Roy Coffee has
been married to Viola Potts.
*
teacher asked her class-
Whose emblem is the leek?"
A bright pupil raised his
hand and replied, eagerly,
"Please, miss, the plumber's!"

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We would appreciate your
forwarding all society and
organization items to the
Jewish Floridian, 652 S. W.
1st street, or rhone 2-8745
not later than noon Wed-
nesday.
One of the prettiest affairs
nf hn th0a

o t nle season was xL
tion tendered on thE
fifth wedding anniv
Mr. and Mrs. Samue
tor, last Monday nig
home of the Spectc
long living room w
fuly decorated and tl
room was decorated
profusion of flowers
tive of a nuptial c
The long table was
with a beautiful Veni
cloth, and silver ce
beautifully arranged
the centerpiece. Of co
table was laden wit
confections, fruits,
etc.
At a prearranged
the guests, among wh
the leaders of the
communal life of M
gathered in the large
room and after a po
ially written for the e
read by the author
Simpson, Rabbi Is
Weisfeld spoke and
the beauties of mar
according to Jewish t
and its exemplificatio
Spectors.
A toast to the c<
was then proposed b3
H. Rosenhouse, prom
torney and president
David and was drun
present. Congrat
speeches by Mr. Job
prominent communal
of Miami then closed
gram of speeches.
singing and other forr
tertainment were ind
during the evening a
the early hours of th
ing. Numerous te
from various parts
Country were recei
were read to all by Mr
Baron, a daughter
Spectors.
The Sisterhood of
Israel will be hosts a
per and bridge on
evening, March 23rd,
lan hall. All visit
friends are urged to
and a gala time is p
all. Prizes will be gi
the highest scores.
Adolph Wertheimer i
man of the commi
charge and being ass
Mesdames J. A. Ric
Scheinberg, M. Crom(
L. Riesner, Sam Katz,
son, and I. L. SeligmE
*
On next Tuesday
March 18th, Mr. Sh
member of the Nati
fices of the Workingm
cle and a member of i
utive board will delivw
tur explaining the \
and workings of the t
Ring at the Workmen
hall. Members and
friends as well as all
are urged to attend.
*
A very interesting
was the celebration
presentation of a Hol

to Congregation Beth Jacob,
of Miami Beach by Mr. and
Mrs. Jacob Goldberg of the
Nemo Hotel. in the after-
noon the usual ceremonies at
the Shul were carried out and
at night all the friends gath-
ered at the Hotel Nemo to
celebrate the event. Refresh-

' e ments were served and Mr. I
; twenty- Harry I. Magid, formerly of
ersary of Miami and now of Hollywood,
1 J. Spec- acted as the toastmaster. He
ht at the introduced the speakers in his
)rs. The usual witty manner. Among
as taste- those who spoke were Rabbi
he dining Marcus of Boston, Mass., Rab-
I with a bi Yallow of Miami Beach and
Ssugges- Rabbi Israel H. Weisfeld of S
ceremony. Beth David. In addition Mr.
etian lace Miami Beach Congregation o t
candelabra and Mr. Louis Topkis of Wil-
acted as mington, Del., spoke. -
)urse, the *
;h cakes, Mr. and Mrs. I. Silver of
candies, this City will celebrate the =Ma th
Bar Mitzva of their son Max
signal all at Beth David Congregation
iom were on Saturday morning, I\arch A Y E T o
* Jewish 15th, at 9 A. M. o
*iami, all They will be the hosts of
re dining the Congregation worshippers WE A T YOUR PA
em spec- at a "Kiddush" immediately W WANT YOUR PATRON-
vent was after the services in the ves-
Mrs. J. try rooms of the Synagogue. AGE AND ARE GOING TO
rael H. On Sunday evening. March A
outlined 16th, they will be hosts at FIGHT FOR IT. '
nried life dinner to their many friends r 1 L 11
tradition in the Talmud Torah Auditor-
in by the ium when quite an elaborate
program has been arranged. WE HAVE ISSUED A CHALLENGE AND ARE GO-
elebrants *
y Mr. M. Program from French cornm- ING TO BACK IT UP
inent at- posers was given at the meet- *
of Beth ing. of the Mana-Zucca Music
k by all club at the Civic Theater at
;u latory 4:30 p. m. Monday, as follows WHEN LOWER PRICES ARE MADE. WE WILL
in Wolf, Soprano solo, Aria from Jean
worker d'arc (Tschaikowsky), Mrs. MAKE T M
the pro- Herbert Feibelman, HannaMA E THEM.
Dancing, Asher at the piano; piano
ns of en- solo, prelude (Debussy),
ulged in Gladys Morey; soprano solo,
,nd until "Romanze and Mandolin"
ie morn- (Debussy), Dora Miller, Fran-
alegrams ces Tarboux at the piano; two
of the Bergerettes (old French), Mil- M father' Every Day Prices
ved and dred Fletcher, Mrs. Eugene B. V
-s. Sarah Romph at the piano; piano =
of the solo, "Sous Bois" (Staub), Unfinished Bow Back Chairs ....................... $ .95
Olive Pullen; soprano, = ..
"Amour Brise" (Galeotti), Can Seat Cottage Chairs ............................................... 95
Temple "Soupir" (D u p a r c), and Porcelain Kitchen Table ......
t a sup- "Chanson Reve" (Pesse), s ................ ............. .............. 4.95
Sunday Ruth Farrell, Frances Tar- Unfinished Drop Leaf Table..................... 4.95
at Kap- boux at the piano. Austell Kitchen Cabinet ............. ... 29.75
)rs and .......................................... 2. 75
attend, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Kahn Two-Inch Post Iron Bed ................. ...... ................... 4.95 N
promised entertained with a supper
iven for party Friday for Mr. and Mrs. __
Mrs. William Rubin of Newark, N.
s chair- J. brother-in-law and sister of =
ttee in Harry Green. Among those GUARANTEED Mather Finance Plan
isted by present were Mr. and Mrs.
hter, P. Green and Arthur Kahn. The PRICE S! The World's Most Liberal
er, Bert supper was followed by a Credit Terms
SJ. Ber- theater party. We guarantee every price the lowest ever 01 00 PER WEEK PAYS FOR
an. before offered by us and we also guaran- $.v $80.00 WORTH
Miss Yetine Letaw of Bir- te the prices as low or lower than offered P E A .
evening, mingham, Ala., who is visit- by any dealer.....We positively will not sell 5.0 PER WEEK PAYS FOR
apiro, a ing her sister, Mrs. David Le- any advertised merchandise to dealers 4$400.00 WORTH
onal of- taw, was the guest of honor here or elsewhere. $5 00 PER WEEK PAYS FOR 5
lens Cir- at a pajama breakfast bridge = $2,000.00 WORTH
its exec- given by Mrs. Letaw at her .-
er a lec- home, 1900 S. W. Ninth St.,
purposes Saturday morning. Guests in- r a Look for the Big Signs at s
Arbeiter eluded Miss Naomi Tone, Miss GOOd New
is Circle Ruth Krieger, Miss Helen *
I their Wolf Wolpert, Miss Millicent and lam l -M father and
visitors Rubin, Miss Bead Alpert, Miss I
Louise Dietz, Miss Sylvia Gold d A AA T ..
a event Mrs B NORTH MIAMI AT FOURTH ST. .. l
of the Mr. and Mrs. Louis Druck-
y Scroll erman entertained Monday MI OF AN FO MIA E RY
THE JEWISH FLORIDIAN-A MEDIUM OF AND FOR MIAMI JEWRY!

David Bradsby of Trenton, N.
J. Jack Druckerman and Miss
Druckerman.
As we are going to press a
goodwill party is being given
ly B'nai Brith, at Kaplan hall,
Temple Israel, and will assem-
ble a large group of guests.
The event will especially hon-
or presidents of various or-
ganizations with their wives,
Herbert U. Fiebelman is mas-
t.r of ceremonies. The party
is open to members and
friends.
Heads of organizations that
are invited are as follows: Mr.
Continued on Page 5

ayne Bay Lodge, No. 124 at
the Cinderella Ballroom, Wed-
nesday, March 5th, was a suc-
cess.
An evening of dance music
was interspersed by an exhib-
ition drill of the Templar
Guards, under the direction of
Captain Anthony deH. Zink,
several numbers by profes-
sional dancers, and a surprise
number !given by an unanr-
nounced quartette.
The Spanish costumes of
the Cigarette girls represent-
ing spanish dancers, and the
Flower girls as young spanish
ladies, lent a pleasing color to
the gathering.
The Ballroom 6as decorat-
ed by the decorating commit-
tee under George Jacques.
The General committee un-
der the direction of Mr. De-
Vyr Freeman as general
chairman, "assisted by Mr.
David S. Warschoff are to be
commended for the successful
manner in which the Ball was
handled.
*
Mr. M. A. K. Feldsberg of
New York City, well known
as an artist of ability has been
spending the winter at Miami
Beach. He is a member of the
North Shore Art Association,
Gloucester Art Association,
Art Alliance of America,
President League of Ameri-
can Artists, and a number of
ather artist's organizations.
While in this district he is re-
siding at 148 Jefferson Ave.,
Miami Beach.
*
Miss Rose Rubin of Savan-
nah, Ga., is the house guest
of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Weinkle
and will remain for a short
period.
*
At a recent meeting of the
Sisterhood of Temple Israel,
the following nominating com-
mittee was appointed to bring
in a list of nominees for the
officers for the coming elec-
tions of the Sisterhood which
will be held shortly. Mrs. I.
Levin is chairman and is as-
sisted by Mesdames Bert L.
Reisner, Louis Zeientz, I.
Weinstein, and Ben Watts.
*4
The Library Committee of
the Beth David Talmud Torah
met fast week and chose part
of the volumes to be purchas-
ed for the Library which is
being established through the
efforts of a special Library
Fund Committee.
*
The regular bi-weekly card
party given by the Ladies
Auxiliary of Beth David Tal-
mud Torah was held at the
Talmud Torah Auditorium
last Tuesday evening and
quite a large number of resi-

"VERY LATEST"
By Mary Marshall
One of the surprises on the
fashion program for 1930 is the re-
turn of the "shirt-waist." And I,
for one, would never have chosen
this fashion of the past for revival
The ver-jword shirt-waist is one
that has been banished from the
vocabulary of the fashion reporter,
who has long since learned to sub-
stitute the words blouse or bod-

ice for the sort of thing that was
once called a "waist."
But here it is-the shirtwaist of
1930; and there is no longer any-
doubt of its acceptance.
The picture shows a shirtwaist
of beige georgette worn with a
tan tweed skirt.

dents and tourists were pre-
sents.
Prizes were awarded for
the highest, scores and re-
freshments were served. The
Ladies Auxiliary was hostess
to those who attended.
*
Quite an enjoyable trip was
had by a number of visitors
and residents last Sunday as
the guests of the Jewish Flor-
idian on the Se-Bot-M Boat
on a trip to view the submar-
ine gardens south of Miami.
The guests assembled at Pier
6 and were taken through a
tour of inspection by Capt.
Stiles who showed them the
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(Continued from Page 5)
construction of the boat. The
boat is composed of two hulls
or pontoons and a plate glass
in a frame is suspended on
pulleys in the open space be-
tween the two hulls; this
glass is lowered when the
boat reaches the submarine
gardens so as to present a
distortion of the view as when
the glass is lowered an unob-
structed view of the sub-
marine life of Florida is given
showing the beautiful flora
and fauna of the sub-tropics.
The trip consumes more than
four and one half hours and
travels a little more than
forty miles south. The beauti-
ful Deering estate, the Cape
Florida Lighthouse and other
interesting sights including
the mangrove swamps are
viewed by the travelers. Un-
fortunately too few travelers
take advantage of the splen-
did educational and informa-
tive trip, and recently this Se-
Bot-M boat was confused with
a socalled glass bottom boat
which sunk in the Bay several
weeks ago. The very construc-
tion of the boats soon demon-
strated the safety of the Se-
Bot-M boat. During the trip
there was dancing and re-
freshments were served. The
party returned to Miami a
little after 6:30 and declared
the trip was one of the pleas-
ant thoughts they would al-
ways carry with them of Flor-
ida.
Mrs. Claire Solomon, enter-
tained Mrs. I. H. Weisfeld and
Mrs. M. Zucker of Brooklyn,
N. Y. at dinner last Wednes-
day and afterwards was their
host at a theatre party.
*
Rabbi Samuel Yallow of
Congregation Beth Jacob will
leave Miami Beach on next
Monday morning to resume
his duties with his two Syra-
cuse Congregations. Mrs. Yal-
lo wand children will remain
in Miami until after the Pass-
over holidays.
Rabbi M. Marcus of Boston,
the father-in-law of Rabbi
Yallow of Miami Beach will
leave the early part of next
week for his home in Boston,
Mass. He has endeared him-
self to the many friends he
has made during his brief stay
in Miami, where he came for a
brief visit to his daughter and
son-in-law. While here he
made an intensive campaign
for the "Ezras Torah" Fund
in which he has been an active
worker for many years.
A ripe old age is sometimes
as agreeable as a green per-
simmon.

Zaro Agha, six feet tall and 156
years old, has buried eleven wives and.
as a good Mohammedan, never took a
drink. He lives at Istamboul, Turkey.

The Way of Life
By BRUCE BARTON

I ONCE had the misfortune to know a pessimist. There
was some excuse for his pessimism. He was aw narrow-
chested chap threatened with tuberculosis. -,.
He had given himself up for lost.
One night somebody induced him to go to a singing
school.
A year later his chest was filled out; there was a sparkle
in his eye; his laugh could be heard a city block away.
He had learned how to breathe.
Even when you practice deep breathing exercises you
probably do not fill your entire lung capacity. You expand
your chest; but the really important part of your breathing
is done with your diaphragm-a big flat muscle that forms
the floor of your chest.
And the abdominal muscles are the boys you need to train
if you are to get the most out of your diaphragm.
Fill your lungs until you feel your stomach muscles hard
against your belt.
That means that your diaphragm has straightened down
and is massaging the top of your stomach and intestines-
helping along with the process of elimination.
When you breathe out, do it forcibly, with the stomach
muscles: like a horse snorting-but without the snort.
Your stomach and intestines will be forced up against
the diaphragm again and given another massage.
Breathing in is important, but breathing out is much
more important.
Read sometime a book by a man like Thoreau, or odhn
Burroughs, or Stewart Edward White-one of the great open-
air writers.
Then, while the impression of its rich, bounding optimism
is still strong upon you, pick up a book written by one of the
Russian novelists, or by one of our modern longhaired writers
who believe that realism necessarily means murder and
drunkenness and prostitution.
What a difference! And what makes the difference?
The realist will tell you that it is because he thinks
deeply, while the optimistic writer thinks superficially.
As a.matter of fact, the difference is not in the brains
of the two men, but in their livers.
It is not the depth of their thinking so much as the depths
of their lungs.
The corpuscles of the one are red and fed with oxygen;
the corpuscles of the other are pale and fed with cigarette
smoke and germs.
"For what, after all, is Life?" asks an od Sanskrit quota-
tion. And answers:
"Life is the interval between one breath and another-
he who only half breathes only half lives.".

Proper Weights
Urged by Doctor
BALTIMORE, March 12-
Blaming false standards of
beauty for some of the pre-
sent ills, Dr. Leweys F. Bark-
er of the Johns Hopkins Uni-
versity school of medicine,
speaking to the Business and
Professional Women's club of
Baltimore, said the right
weight for an adult should be
110 pounds for 5 feet in
height with 51/2 pounds add-
ed for each additional inch.
More than 10 pounds under
or above the ideal weight calls
for changes in the diet, with
an increase or decrease of cal-

ories consumed, and if this
proves ineffective the family
physician should be consulted
the speaker advised.
Dr. Barker said the physi-
cian should be consulted,
especially if the person had
any doubt as to what consti-
tutes a well-balanced diet.

Friday, March 14,19

solutions expressing their
satisfaction with the pol
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lomn movement under Dr. M
Anes. These resolutions w
forwarded to the "V'Aad H
umi" and the Zionist Exe
tive.

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